Posted by Thomas on 08/04/2000.It turns out that Steinberg's latest release of the Cubase sequencer version 5.0 (from 1999-2000) includes new ASIO drivers that work very well with the SBLive. This means lower latency for audio in Cubase, including VST instruments! I first heard of this from the HYBRID crew's posting on the SoundFont newsgroup a couple of days ago, reporting latency as low as 27ms! It turns out you can use the new drivers with older versions of Cubase too. The HYBRID crew writes:

"Howdy peeps & bods. Still getting crap latency with your SBlive/Cubase setup?We heard a rumour about the new ASIO drivers in Cubase 5. So we did alittle test, and it worked. we just dropped ours down to 27ms.

Here's how in ten easy steps...

1,- back up your current ASIO folder for safe keeping (call it"origasio.zip").2,- install the Cubase5 demo.3,- back-up the contents of the ASIO folder from the Cubase 5 demo. (call it"newasio.zip")4,- uninstall the Cubase5 demo5,- now replace the contents of the ASIO folder of your Cubase full progwith the contents of the ASIO folder from the Cubase 5 demo ("newasio.zip").6,- drag the file 'AsioDxFd.dll' on to 'Regsvr32.exe' (in your windowssystem folder).7,- launch Cubase 3.7 (or whatever), go to the Audio menu/System8,- select 'ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver' from the ASIO device drop-down.9,- click 'ASIO Control Panel'10,- for DirectSound (SB Live! Wave Out) AND SB Live Wave In set thebuffer size to 1200, and hit return.

That's it. If you have a P3/450 or higher, you should find you have alatency of 27ms or less."